About Shira Nelson

My kid has allergies. Alot of them. As of right now, we know egg, soy, peanut and dogs. We've only tested 15 things and so far we know this. No one wants anything to be "wrong" with their kids. It's a mother's worst nightmare to hear that your baby has an issue that you [...]

And you thought breastfeeding was going to cure thatShira Nelson2017-03-13T18:20:06+00:00

I have to start by saying my idea to give my daughter a birthday party turned into me becoming #crazypartymom. I had no intention of stressing this much or spending this much money on her party but I should have known. My personality is the type that when I say I am going to do [...]

So Halloween is around the corner. As a fitspo, someone who lived on a strict diet with obsessive rules and tendencies, people are already asking me about my plan. What am I going to do with the candy? For some reason it's about the candy. Which is fine actually. Halloween is fun. I am totally [...]

Before I became a mom I kind of had no idea what it was like to be busy. Ok so I thought I was busy but I quickly realized after having my daughter that I really had ALOT of time. I kind of wonder what I did all the time. But I was selfish. I [...]

being selfish has made me a better momShira Nelson2017-03-15T15:02:25+00:00

I spent years doing excessive cardio. 5 am wake up calls to do fasted cardio before work. Double runs. Hour long elliptical sessions after work. All because I thought that is what I needed to do. What I thought I needed to do to be lean. What I thought I needed to do to [...]

6 things that happened when I traded excessive cardio for weightsShira Nelson2017-03-15T15:02:48+00:00

About 3.5 years ago I became a mom. For the first time. Funny because I thought I was prepared and quickly learned there is no such thing. You learn as you go. What I *thought* was going to be never was. So I read. I went to support groups, I called my girlfriends. I cried. [...]

what no one told me about losing the baby weightShira Nelson2017-06-14T19:25:59+00:00

Another year has gone by. As I sit in the hotel room while my family is sleeping, I am up working. Not because I “have” to, but because I want to. Today, on the first day of my 36th year, I started to think about what I have learned this past year. Usually [...]